[hutzlibu]

"If that means learning from a Nazi supporter (who wasn't a Nazi himself), then so be it."

I certainly do not have a problem with learning from Nazis when they did things right. I just mostly learn from them how not to do it. Regarding this example see the other reply. They invested mainly in military - which only can pay off with a succesful war.

Another important example of "how not to do it, I took from "Mein Kampf" where Hitler states how he became Antisemitic. Basically he says his instinct and feelings were allways disgusted with antisemitism, but his rational thinking convinced him more and more to the point where he made the conscious decision of being a mortal enemy to the jews. (and after that he said his intuition which he could rely on usually ... went away for a few years)

So my takeaway is, to trust more my instincts and feelings which I take for deeper thinking, and not the simple, rational thinking which is too shallow for complex things.